Nancy Rae (Bastian) SAMPSON

BASTIAN, SAMPSON, BOND, PATTERSON, JERGENSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/3/2010 at 11:29:46

January 3, 2010
Fort Dodge Messenger, Iowa

Nancy Rae Sampson, 59, of Fort Dodge, died Friday, January 1, 2010 at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home in Fort Dodge. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Fort Dodge with Rev. Stephen Peters officiating. Burial will be in the Newark Township Cemetery rural Vincent. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:30 PM Monday at the Gunderson Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Fort Dodge.

Nancy is survived by her husband, Don; two daughters, Lacey Sampson and Kelsey (Erik) Bond; all of Fort Dodge; her mother, Rowena Bastian of Vincent, Iowa and her sister, Jane (Dennis) Patterson of LuVerne, Iowa. She is preceded in death by her grandparents and father, Charles Bastian.

Nancy Rae Bastian, the daughter of Charles and Rowena (Jergenson) Bastian, was born September 18, 1950 in Fort Dodge. She attended Vincent Elementary School, Eagle Grove Middle School, and Eagle Grove High School, graduating in 1968. Nancy also attended Morningside College graduating in 1971. On November 13, 1971, she married Don Sampson. Nancy taught at Southside Academy in Chesapeake, Virginia from 1972 to 1973, returning to Fort Dodge in January of 1974. From 1976 to 1994, Nancy taught at Otho Elementary School. Nancy received her Masters Degree from UNI in Library science and became the Library Media Specialist for Riverside, Butler, and Hillcrest schools from 1994 to 2007, when she retired. She loved students, her pets, computers and technology. Researching family history and developed family cook book. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to purchase books in Nancy's memory for the elementary school library media centers. Checks can be made out to Don Sampson.